The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-02-22

TEs future OF Hawaii Is not bright.
We sire not building UP: and our seven
yeSrs Of plenty have about come 10 sn
end By persistent and foolish Dor
rowing we have been enabled 10 StSye
of the evil dsy. snd the new loan, con
sraclei IN England. VIII doubtless
help the Government 10 keep afloat q
while Longer, but the day VIII come
when the lo2n hiss 10 be repaid and
there VIII De nothing to repay with.
The spendthrItt possessor Of the Ha-
wsiian estate has been cutting down
the timber pretty freely, and one of
these 6ays II vii be IS bare as the
palm Of ones hand.
Rulers who reslly hsd the future
well being Of the country at heart
would have devoted themselves heart
and soul TO putting the country on
solid foundation. but no foundation
has been laid- We have any quantity
Of unsal pasted against rotten plsnks,
but not s brick has been laid which
VIII make tie structure last.
Of laws for the benefit Of the future
Of Hawaii. we have more than enough.
the trouble Is that the laws have not
been properly carried out Take for
example the Homestead Act it Is
practically dead letter. The Minis
te- Of interior has not We; caused to
be surveyed and laid out" any lots
Of land for the purpose proposed in
the Act; nor have we yet seen in any
language the Homestead Notice"
which the said Minister ought TO have
published Through failure TO carry
ont the provisions Of this Act. many
valuable immigrants. brought st CON
siderable expense into the country,
sitter serving 6 specified term as Is
boTers On the sugar plantations, have
quickly gathered Up their belongings
and sought an opening IN California
OF Mexico
Il would have been far better TO
have spent money ID making country
roads. IN sinking wells, and opening
up lands. 50 as 70 keep our Immigrants
II the country. than to have frittered
II away IN vain show and tnsel mag
nlseence. The money which has been
fooled away would have established &
couple Of hundred families who would
have been taxpayers from the start
and whose property would have kept
increasing II value.
This Is but one instance out Of many
OF the little desire our rulers display
tOr making any real advance. 4 let
Ter from au unbTeaehed chieftain OF
sandbsnk II the South Pacific Is more
regarded than { hsrd-w0rking. prac-
teal settler And yet the one cannot
Be compared N value 20 the other 4
The former : yalueless- while the lat I
ter represents dollars and cents com (
ing into the public treasury. We may
Make 3 comparison OF the expenditure 1
q money for bastard navy with the .
-ack u expenditure on the r0ads-of 4
money expended on military with the 4
need Tor les0ings-of Basteful ex-
DendituTe n the Foreign Office with /.
laTslmOny II the pay OF District
Judges. thus forcing capable men into I
lther lines Of life when they are needed
20 assist N the proper administration
Il the country
Look where We VIII the same story
: told What must the end BET Surely
| L not hand 70 predict. The Ha-
Esiian ms been allowing his own
hrOar 70 be cut for some time past
1s has alienated his best friends and
= VIII wake up some morning 10 ind
himself showed hard and fast against
he wall Instead OF building on rock.
2 has been, and Is erecting MS little
tTucture On the sand. and when the
lay OF trouble comes. as come 1t 1aust-
he sUperstructure VIII 60. because
here i no foundation